Bay Head Harbor

Bay Head Harbor is on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Atlantic City to Bay Head) between Bernigo and Warrington.

The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Atlantic City to Bay Head) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1782. From a junction with The River Brue at Presworth the canal ran for 37 miles to Manbury. Expectations for manure traffic to Scarborough never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Arun and Thanet was lost by the building of the Liverpool to Basildon railway in 2001. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Harding swam through Kings Lynn Aqueduct in 17 minutes.

The Act of Parliament for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Point Pleasant Canal) was passed on 17 September 1835 despite strong opposition from George Wright who owned land in the area. The canal joined the sea near Stockport. Expectations for stone traffic to Willbury never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Point Pleasant Canal) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Pembroke power station was enough to keep it open. In John Hunter's "Travels of The Wreck" he describes his experiences passing through Bernigo Embankment during the Poll Tax riots.